The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-19


very serious phases =.
ArroRNEv-GExERAL GARLAND arrived In
Arkansas on the sth. and y preparing %
60 a-fishing.
WILLIAM SAMSON and James Heron.
two employees Of the CHARTERS Valley
Natural Gas Company. were sriocatcd by
escaping gas, on the Sth, while repairing
irregular" under CHARTERS street, IN
Allegheny City. Pa.
SAN Woo, Chinese laundryman In De-
troit. Mich, has brought suit for libel in
the United States Court against the Free
Press, claiming $4,000 damages. He a.
lsges that the Free Press falsely stated
that he fought sparrows In his establish
ment.
IxrELL1oxxcE was received At Lock
Haven. Pa. on the sth, that an old man
and his wife. named Catby were murdered
II their home In the mountains south q
that city on the night Of the 'th- The
motive Is supposed 20 have been robbery.
THREE new cases OF fever were reported
a Key West On TIE Sth. There were no
deaths. The last $50 cases have been
nearly all children with less than two per
cent. OF mortality.
ArARxrR named Custy was shot and
mortality wounded on the highway near
Ennis, Ireland. on the It'll. The crime was
Of an agrarian character.
LAMBERT BRIES's oil stores. Robin
sons photograph shop and Gerty's jewelry
establishment, in Grafton street, Dublin,
were destroyed by fire on the Sth. Other
buildings in the neighborhood were dam
aged. The loss il placed at <5oo,ooo-
JOHN L. SULLIVAN was the recipient Of :
hand some gold belt. studded with dia-
monds, in tie Boston Theater, on the night
OF the Sth. There was . large audience
present, including Mayor Hugh o'Brien
and members OF the Common Council.
Councilman Whall made the presentation
in long speech.
THE contract to rebuild the Maumee Roll
ing Mills At Toledo, O.. was let on the sth
70 Pittsburgh parties for So, 900. The new
mills will be constructed Of iron. after the
most approved pattern. The old ma
chinery, valued ct several hundred thou
sand dollars, win Be used in rebuilding
the mills.
The American Agricultural Association
began lie annual session in New York on
the 9th.
FrRE on the 9Th destroyed $4,000 worth
Of property at Cedar Rapids, Ia
An excursion to the grave OF Lincoln will
be feature Of the Grand Army National
encampmens 1T st. Louis.
REPORTS OF enormous damage from fires
| and drought in the Northwest continue to
be received
A rRPARrrrE agreement between Blaine,
| Sherman and Cameron Il reported from
| Washington.
| SENATOR vxsr, Of Missouri, and party
/ reached Tacoma, w. T., on the 9TH, on
| their way hack from trip to Alaska.
| Roswell p. FLOWER has been inter-
| viewed in London on American politics
| He saws he don't think Cleveland can b
reelected President.
CrxcrxSArI, Hamilton & Dayton rail
way affairs have come nearly ITO head.
Ives and Staynor were forced 70 resign or
the 9Th.
BUFFALO BILL gave . Wild West rib
roast breakfast to . party Of high-tonet
Americans and Britishers at his aborigina
headquarters in London on the 9TH
CHARLES BoRBEIN, formerly Of St. Louis
book keeper OF the Tennessee Brewing
Company at Memphis, is in Europe, an
his accounts are said 70 show shortage
FRENCH journals are Directing 70 En-
glands apparent intention 70 aid ltal.
out Of her bad dilemma in Abyssinia an
consummate the conquest Of the Red Sc
portion Of the country.
PRINCE FERDINAND has resigned fror
the Austrian army and started for Bul
caria. to resume the rulership OF that ccrr
try. The opinion obtains in London tha
Europe is now confronted BY the real Bul
garian crisis.
CHAs. WILLIAMS, who was confined
the jail Of Logan County, w. Va, for u
murder Of James Aldridge few days az
was taken from Jail on the evening Of q
sth by citizens and hanged TO tree.
FIRE at Salt Lake City, on the 9th, dan
aged g. n. SCOTS hardware stor
Remington & Johnson's grocery house an
Joslin & Parks iewelry store seriousl
Losses aggregate $4,000, with ample Il
surance.
FOURTEEN new cases Of cholera and >
deaths were reported At Malta on the "
THE Marine Hospital Bureau is inform'
that smallpox and yellow fever are "a
inc in Havana, Cuba During the mon
|. Of July there were 10l deaths from yello
fever and 112 from smallpox.
REV. J. NJ. MAcHAL~ Q Catholic prize
: who came from ireland 20 the Brookl'
! diocese last December, died In New 70
/ on the eth Of starvation. He suffer
= much from inconsistencies, and during {
( late hot spell be became demented and
o fused to eat
\. THE village Of Sandusky, the ccun
seat Of Sanilac County, Mich, was near
wiped out by fire on the 9Th, which ori
z mated in the swamps south Of the town.
e HRoxEK. under sentence Of death at
2, Joseph. Mo-, for wife murder, has be
n granted stay Of execution.
Il CERrAIS white and colored circles
g Troy, N. ", are greatly agitated over
Y, charge made against one James Holden
,. colored man, who, il Is alleged. has "
the affections Of . comedy white wom'
y BY voodooism.
Is = THE Montreal (Can.) warehousing Co
~ pany's building was damaged by fire
= the 9th, TO the extent Of $4,000. One ht
- dred and twenty-five thousand bushels
ne grain were also destroyed, the loss
ne which is $4,000; insured.
10 WILLIAM =. COLLINS, one Of the M
active Of tie pioneer settlers Of Sc
I. County, Ia, died on the 9th, aged eigh
!. two. He had been resident Of Dav
- port since 1S3s, and had bunt many b.
y ness blocks and made other substantial
90 provements TO the city in the early a.
4. The Dominion Minister Of Militia 9
- General Middleton will shortly start
"a British Columbia for the purpose Of
xpccting the site Of the proposed defen